WMS Parent News

Mark Your Calendars - click on this link to see the full calendar on the WMS Website.

February 6th - Winter Conferences 3:30-7:30pm (Virtual)

February 10th - 8th Grade Band Combined Concert with WHS Band - 7:00pm (at WHS)

February 11th - PTO meeting 6:30pm - Office conference room

February 14th - PD Day for teachers/Asynchronous Learning Day for students (no students in bldg)

February 17th - President's Day - NO SCHOOL

February 25th - 8th Grade Choir Concert - 6:30pm

March 1st - 7th and 8th Grade Honor Orchestra (district wide) - 9am-1pm (at WHS)

March 3rd - Culver's Night 5-7pm

March 7th - End of Tri 2

March 10th-14th - Spring Break - NO SCHOOL

March 17th - Teacher Workshop - NO SCHOOL

Click here to see the full calendar on the WMS website

Parent/Teacher Virtual Conferences Trimester 2

Woodbury Middle School Parent/Teacher Virtual Conferences are being held:

Thursday, February 6th from 3:30-7:30pm Via Zoom

Thursday February 6th - Virtual Conferences -

We are using PTCFast, the program used by our elementaries, to facilitate scheduling of Zoom virtual conferences for our Trimester 2 parent/teacher conferences.

The link to register will be sent out to families the week of January 13th

TIME IS RUNNING OUT!!!

The LAST day to purchase a yearbook is FEBRUARY 12th!

Yearbooks will NOT be sold after this date!!

Order yours online today!

Click here to order

**Can’t remember if you purchased a book earlier? Please call 1-877-767-5217 for Jostens customer support.

Love to play tennis or always wanted to give it a try? Players of any skill level in 7th or 8th grade are eligible to join the WHS Boys Tennis Team.

Please view the main page of the WHS Activities website to view start dates and meeting dates for Tennis. Registration will open February 15, 2025.

Parent/Player meeting is March 6, 2025, WHS Lecture Hall - 7pm (Uniforms will be distributed that night - $75 deposit required.)

Physical and Registration Information

Registration Link

You MUST have a current physical on file before you can participate in practice. Physicals are good for 3 years. There is a link to the printable forms on the activities registration page.

What is it? A free weekend food program with 5 different dietary options to choose from. Meals are packaged

and placed in your student’s backpack every Friday. There are no qualification requirements.

Click HERE to complete the form and sign up.

*Contact Natalie Herzog if you have any questions nherzog@sowashco.org or 651-425-4514.

This week, Woodbury Middle School will begin a Food Rescue pilot program. With the state-funded Free School Meals program in place, the district served 2.7 million meals during the 2023-24 school year, a 10% increase from the previous year. However, this increase has also led to more food waste. To ensure the safety of all students, particularly those with severe food allergies, uneaten food cannot be redistributed in our schools. To cut down on waste and address food insecurity, SoWashCo Nutrition Services teamed up with the local non-profit Basic Needs to start the Food Rescue pilot program.

How You Can Help

Together we can reduce waste and help fight food insecurity in our community. Please talk to your student about the program and why it is important. If they have unwanted, uneaten food, encourage them to leave acceptable items on the collection cart in the cafeteria. Signage reminding students of acceptable items will be posted on or near the cart. To ensure food safety, acceptable food items are limited to:

• Whole pieces of fruit that have a skin or peel
• Unheated, shelf-stable wrapped grain items

Please remind your student not to remove food once it has been placed on the cart.

Nutrition Services staff will sort and store the items for Basic Needs volunteers to pick up. Food is available during the week at the free Basic Needs Food Market (8475 East Point Douglas Road, Ste. 106 in Cottage Grove) on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on Tuesday and Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Food is also available on the weekends at the Basic Needs Free Little Pantry in the Park Grove Library. Nearly 10% of residents in Washington County worry about running out of food before they can afford more. Please encourage families facing food insecurity to visit the free market or pantry for help.

Learn more about the Basic Need Food Market or become a food rescue volunteer at basicneedsmn.org/food-market.

South Washington County Schools (SoWashCo Schools) offers activities and classes for youth through SoWashCo Community Education. Activities and classes are conveniently offered at your child's school, partner locations within our community and online.

The latest activities and classes can be found on our website under Get Involved > Youth Activities.

Stay Active this Winter

Available now! Register for SoWashCo Community Education winter classes and activities.

View Catalog

Register

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View more non-school day activities at bit.ly/nsdSWC

Find More Classes and Activities

6th grade Counselor - Natalie Herzog 651-425-4514 nherzog@sowashco.org

7th grade Counselor- Rebecca Crislip 651-425-4512 rcrislip@sowashco.org

8th grade Counselor - Karlie Lehmann 651-425-4524 klehmann1@sowashco.org